Poughkeepsie Crew Fundraising Information

2016/2017 ALUMNI CHALLENGE CAMPAIGN As we begin our 68th season on the Hudson Poughkeepsie Crew invites you to support our athletes through a tax deductible donation this spring.

The generosity of alumni, parents, and friends has always been instrumental to the success of the Poughkeepsie Crew program. A combination of school support, annual gifts and fundraisers provide training and competition, the purchase of new equipment and help cover food and lodging expenses for our Poughkeepsie athletes. These funding sources provide critical financial resources so Poughkeepsie Crew can continue its tradition of excellence and free access to rowing for Poughkeepsie City School District athletes.

Double the impact of your gift to Poughkeepsie Crew through a matching gift challenge – Poughkeepsie Crew Alumni, Jim Maroulis ('84), Joe Barnes ('85) and their families, have committed $24,000 towards a $48,000 goal – for every dollar YOU donate, they will donate a dollar as well – DOUBLING the value of your contribution!

We are in the early stages of this matching challenge and through a successful social media campaign we have already raised $5000. Our challengers, Jim and Joe, will make $12,000 of the gift available to Poughkeepsie crew to purchase a new Vespoli coxed four THIS SPRING if we can raise another $7000 by March 30th and we need your help to reach this goal!

Your donation is much more than a new boat - your donation helps support:

The only regional scholastic rowing program that offers a full after school rowing program starting in 7th grade.

The only regional scholastic rowing program that offers sculling as well as sweep opportunities for their athletes.

The only regional scholastic rowing program that does not charge a program fee to participate as a member of the team.

The most racially, culturally and economically diverse rowing team in the region, maybe even in the country!

Please consider making a donation to Poughkeepsie Crew this spring and help us meet this challenge!

DISCOUNT CARDSWe sell discount cards every year - this is a HUGE fundraiser for our team and we were the highest selling team in Dutchess in 2014! Packets with information will be available at the potluck in March and at practice - we ask that each rower sell 5 cards at $12 each (Families with more than one rower are asked to sell 8 or more). Sell 10 and you get one free! As always, if you can't or don't want to sell these cards we encourage you to donate the equivalent amount to the club or buy the cards and then give them away to friends!

SPONSORSHIPSponsorships help make sure every Poughkeepsie Rower has a team t-shirt and water bottle and helps our team buy and maintain equipment for our athletes!

If you own or know of a business that would like to support our mission of providing FREE access to rowing on the Hudson to the students of the Poughkeepsie School District please consider becoming a sponsor!

We also have a family level of sponsorship ~ consider participating this year so all our athletes have t-shirts to race in!

UNITED WAY ~ CHOOSE YOUR CHARITYIfyouremployer uses United Way to manage itscharitablegiving please consider directingyourcharitablepayroll deductions to PoughkeepsieCrew. The form you use to sign up will have aChoose yourCharityoption on it or you can use this FORM.

PoughkeepsieCrew is a federally recognized 501c3charityand eligible to receiveyourdonations through this program!